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On Thursday, Mississippi State’s basketball program took another step towards filling out the 2024-25 roster with a frontcourt addition from the transfer portal. Former Rhode Island transfer and rising sophomore center Jeremy Foumena announced his Mississippi State commitment. The 6-foot-11 and 235-pound Foumena entered the transfer portal shortly after his freshman season at Rhode Island concluded. The Canada native committed to High Point in late April before switching his decision to Mississippi State on Thursday. As a freshman at Rhode Island, Foumena averaged 12.9 minutes a game and avera...
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Year one of the newly expanded SEC is set to be as competitive as ever for women’s basketball in the league and Mississippi State’s schedule reflects it. The conference announced the matchups on Tuesday afternoon with the Bulldogs showcasing an exciting homestand with a few tough road matchups as well. Highlighting the tilt at Humphrey Coliseum in 2024-25 will be the return of legendary former head coach Vic Schaefer as he brings in a potential top 5 team in Texas to his old stomping grounds. Schaefer and the Longhorns are coming off yet another trip to the Elite 8 and he will have All-America...
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Per MSU Athletic Communications The Mississippi State men’s basketball program unveiled the initial pieces of its 2024-25 non-conference slate as the Bulldogs will start a home-and-home series versus Memphis on Saturday, December 21st at FedEx Forum announced by both programs on Tuesday. The Bulldogs and Tigers will meet over the next two seasons with a return game at Humphrey Coliseum in 2025-26 on a date to be determined. Tip time and television network assignment for this season’s matchup will be revealed at a later date. Memphis has appeared in two of the last three NCAA Tournaments under ...
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An late transfer portal addition is in the boat for Sam Purcell and Mississippi State women’s basketball to start the new week. The coach and his staff added a surprise commitment on Monday from former Penn State and Georgia Southern forward Kayla Thomas. The 6’3 post player is following her former head coach Anita Howard and teammate Terren Ward to Starkville as both have become Bulldogs as well in the last month. Thomas comes to State after playing in 32 games for the Eagles last season with 11 starts. She shot 48% from the field and averaged 5.3 points and 3.8 rebounds a game on the season,...
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After taking the first two games of the series against Alabama, Mississippi State struggled to replicate the sense of urgency on Sunday afternoon. The Bulldogs got down 8-1 in the game and couldn’t get back in it with a 10-5 loss. It was still a series win for State, but left a bad taste in the mouths of the Bulldogs. After the defeat, Chris Lemonis spoke to the media about the frustrating loss. Question: What was your assessment of the game today?CL: “Disappointed. We just didn’t show up locked in ready to go. We gave up six freebies with HBPs and walks. I know we had two errors and I feel li...
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A veteran women’s basketball coach is joining coach Sam Purcell’s staff at Mississippi State. Multiple sources told Maroon and White Daily that Purcell is expected to hire Samantha Williams to his staff this week. Williams comes to Starkville after spending the last two seasons coaching at Tennessee on coach Kelli Harper’s staff. Williams adds over 20 years of college coaching experience to the Bulldog staff and already has several years of experience coaching alongside Purcell. The two coached for seven years together under Jeff Walz at Louisville where she was a part of a staff that recruite...
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One of the top junior college women’s basketball players in the country is coming to Mississippi State. Northwest Florida’s Destiney McPhaul announced on Monday via her social media accounts that she will be signing with the Bulldogs. McPhaul was in Starkville in March for an official visit and also took officials to Pittsburgh and West Virginia. This comes on the heels of McPhaul and her Raiders’ team making a run to the National Championship game this season. That was a game in which head coach Sam Purcell and former assistant coach Corry Irvin attended in person last month. In that 88-80 lo...
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Fresh off of a Super Bulldog Weekend official visit, Oklahoma State transfer Chandler Prater has committed to Mississippi State women’s basketball. Sam Purcell welcomed in Prater for a three-day visit to Starkville beginning on Friday morning and she would announce on social media her intentions of transferring to State. The transfer marks the third school for the guard Prater on her journey through college. That journey began for the Kansas City, Mo., native at Kansas where she starred for the Jayhawks for three seasons. As a junior at Kansas, Prater started in 33 games and averaged 9.5 point...
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Mississippi State’s 2024-25 basketball roster got even more clarity Saturday evening. Sources within the program confirmed that Mississippi State forward and rising junior KeShawn Murphy has removed his name from the transfer portal. The Ramsay (Ala.) High School product originally entered the transfer portal earlier this month but this weekend, he opted to remove his name and remain a Bulldog. This past season the 6-foot-10 and 235-pound Murphy played in 21 games and averaged 4.7 points and 3.1 rebounds a game. Murphy shot 45.9% from the field, 17.9% from 3 point range and 69.6% from the free...
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Thus far in the transfer portal, Mississippi State has encountered success on a weekly basis. That trend continues on Saturday when former Boston College transfer guard and rising senior Claudell Harris committed to Mississippi State. The 6-foot-3 and 190-pound Harris is currently on an official visit to Mississippi State this weekend and also officially visited Texas A&M last weekend. The Hahnville, La., native began his college career at Charleston Southern and spent two seasons there before transferring to Boston College last season. Harris becomes the third transfer addition for Mississipp...
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